Ourpopular 8 week World of Wine Tour gives you the chance to taste 50+ wines from 12 countries having loads of fun while learning lots of stuff about wine. Plus it's flexible (if you need to skip an evening you can pick it up when it repeats later)!

Recent 5-star Tripadvisor Review: "A totally enjoyable day where you learn so much; Jonny knows his wines and enables you to learn so much from him. Highly recommend for anyone to take up this experience! This is my second time in less than a year and would not hesitate to go again. Thank you". Read our latest Trip Advisor reviews for wine tastings in Brighton and Tunbridge Wells

WSET Courses

Local Wine School, of which Sussex Wine School is a part, is the UK's largest network of WSET certified educators with over 1,400 successful WSET candidates in 2015.

Chris Powell, the founder of our network Local Wine School, took home the silverware for the much coveted Riedel WSET Educator of the Year 2015 award. The judges were unanimous in selecting Chris Powell, head of our Local Wine School network, as the winner. We are extremely proud to be a part of the network, contributing a significant number of WSET candidates to the network's 40% annual growth.

Sussex Wine School offers a broad number of WSET courses from the Level 1 to Level 3 award. In 2015 we guided dozens of students through WSET courses with some of the highest pass rates in the country. We have had a Top 30 Level 3 student in the UK out of 3,000 passes in each of the last three years.

Sussex Wine School also runs courses from Wine Scholar Guild. We are accredited to teach the excellent French Wine Scholar course and Italian Wine Scholar course.
This in depth course is designed to be a complimentary course for WSET level 3 and Diploma students and lovers of French and Italian wine. 100 question multiple choice + study book and online resources.

Venues and Times

Sussex Wine School runs wine tastings and wine courses in Brighton, Tunbridge Wells and Lewes.Evening tastings, courses and food evenings run from 7pm-9pm.
Saturday courses run from 11am-4pm.

BRIGHTON - Hotel du Vin Brighton at 2 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD is in central Brighton and within easy reach of public transport, the train station and local car parks.
Our tastings and courses are run in a private room on the ground floor.

Hotel du Vin Brighton is situated in the Lanes conservation area, a pebbles' throw from the seafront. Its 49 bedrooms are housed in a collection of eccentric gothic revival and mock Tudor buildings erected, appropriately by a wine merchant on the site of an old inn.

For table bookings in the award winning bistro after your tasting or at any other time please call 0844 7364251 or book online.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells at Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2LY is in central Tunbridge Wells and within easy reach of public transport, the train station and local car parks. Our tastings and courses are run in a private room on the ground floor.

Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells is set in one of the town's architectural landmarks, a Grade II-listed sandstone mansion built as a private residence in 1762. We have retained its authentic detail carefully, adding our unique touch to the 34 bedrooms with antiques and memorabilia. Guests can enjoy a game of boules, dining on the garden terrace with its wonderful views across Calverley Park, or a wander through the hotel's very own vineyard.

For table bookings in the award winning bistro after your tasting or at any other time please call 0844 7489 9266 or book online.

Our wine courses and wine tasting in Sussex and Kent are suitable for everyone. They make a unique wine gift and wine present. We run many wine courses from one evening wine tastings to 8 week wine courses.

WINE TASTING FOR EVERYONE IN SUSSEX AND KENT

Other Wine Schools

We are proud to be part of the Local Wine School network - the only UK-wide network of independent wine schools. All our centres offer fun wine tastings and courses to suit everyone from absolute beginner to the serious enthusiast.

All our tastings can also be purchased as great gifts that can be redeemed at any of our wine schools across the UK. All our Gift Vouchers have FREE DELIVERY & NO EXPIRY DATE. Check out our National website for further details - www.localwineschool.com